核心问题
Smoking is harmful to the health of people. (全国研考)
[原译]吸烟对人民健康有害。(标准答案)
词典解答
大家知道,people 带有定冠词时才是“人民”(all the persons forming a state)的意思,它表达的是集合概念。例如,Abraham Lincoln spoke of “government of the people, by the people, for the people”. 而不带冠词的 people 则是泛指“人”“人们”(persons in general)。因此不宜译为“人民”。
[试译]吸烟对人的健康有害处。